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5 W’s of European Exploration. WHEN did exploration occur?. -1001- Leif Erikson and the Vikings were the first Europeans to arrive in the New World. -1400’s- Portuguese sailors discover new routes around Africa toward Asia.
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5 W’s of European Exploration • WHEN did exploration occur? • -1001- Leif Erikson and the Vikings were the first Europeans to arrive in the New World. • -1400’s- Portuguese sailors discover new routes around Africa toward Asia. • -1492- Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) reached the West Indies. • -1511- Spanish Conquer Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cuba. Explore eastern costs of North and South America. • -1607- The first successful English colony at Jamestown.
Unit Three Exploration • Why and where did Exploration Explore?
Leif Erikson 1001 • Settled in Vinland: Northwest tip of Newfoundland. Accidently blown off course while attempting to convert the people of Greenland to Christianity.
Portuguese Navigators • Henry the Navigator • Cape of Good Hope, 1488. • Vasco De Gama • Trade Route to India 1498. • Helped boost Portuguese economy • Paper and cinnamon
5 W’s of European Exploration • Who was involved in Exploration? • Spain • France • Portugal • England • Dutch
5W’s of European Exploration • Where did the Europeans explore? • North America -The Florida Region -Northern Atlantic Coast -The Carolinas - Great Lakes • Central America -Central Mexico • South America -Brazil -Peru
5 W’s of European Exploration • Why did they explore the New World? • Mercantilism -The search for wealth (exports>imports) • Economic and military competition among countries. • Search for the Northwest Passage (water route to the Pacific) • Spread Christianity • Sense of adventure (Glory)
Mercantilism • Gold and silver: sign of a nations wealth. • Colonies serve as a provider of raw material, and market for exports. • Colony, territory under immediate control of the state.
Spread of Christianity • Christianity used to Justify colonization. • Conquers believed it was their right to bring Christianity to the “New World” • Often forced upon the Natives
5 W’s of European Exploration • What was the result of European Exploration? • Death of millions of Native Americans. • The Columbian Exchange -The movement of people, goods, and diseases between Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. • The Slave Trade. • Europeans colonies in the Americas.
3 continents, Americas, Europe and Africa * Squash * Avocado * Peppers * Sweet Potatoes* Turkey * Pumpkin * Tobacco * Quinine* Cocoa * Pineapple * Cassava * POTATO* Peanut * Tomato * Vanilla * MAIZE * Syphilis * Olive * Coffee Beans * Banana * Rice* Onion * Turnip * Honeybee * Barley* Grape * Peach * Sugar Cane * Oats* Citrus Fruits * Pear * Wheat * HORSE* Cattle * Sheep * Pig * Smallpox* Flu * Typhus * Measles * Malaria* Diptheria * Whooping Cough
Christopher Columbus • Born: Genoa Italy • Sent by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
Reasons for Exploring • Alternate route to Asia. (Spice) • Would become Governor of any Land discovered. • Wealth: allowed 10% profit made from colonies.
The Voyage of Christopher Columbus 4 Voyages: First Voyage: Cuba, San Salvador and Hispaniola. Second Voyage: Caribbean Islands. Third Voyage: South American Main Land. Forth Voyage: Panama, Costa Rica
Trial of Christopher Columbus • Settlers and Natives complained of Columbus’s “tyrannical” rule. • Witness say he regularly used violence to govern Hispaniola. • http://rt.com/usa/news/columbus-usa-celebration-protest/
Trial of Columbus • “I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people numerous and warlike, whose manners and religion are very different from ours, who live in sierras and mountains, without fixed settlements, and where by divine will I have placed under the sovereignty of the King and Queen our lords” Christopher Columbus-1500